REVOLVE AROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does revolve around mean? 

• REVOLVE AROUND (verb)
  The verb REVOLVE AROUND has 2 senses:

1. center upon

2. move around in a circular motion

  Familiarity information: REVOLVE AROUND used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REVOLVE AROUND (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Center upon

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

center; center on; concentrate on; focus on; revolve about; revolve around

Context example:

Our day revolved around our work

Hypernyms (to "revolve around" is one way to...):

bear on; come to; concern; have to do with; pertain; refer; relate; touch; touch on (be relevant to)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move around in a circular motion

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

circle around; circle round; revolve around

Context example:

The Earth revolves around the Sun

Hypernyms (to "revolve around" is one way to...):

circle (travel around something)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

The so-called "rogue" planet does not revolve around a star, but instead rotates around the galactic center in interstellar space.

(Astronomers Discover New Planet Not Orbiting Any Star, VOA)

Neptune takes 165 years to revolve around the Sun, and Jupiter takes 12 years to make the same journey.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Jupiter takes 12 years to revolve around the Sun, so it will take more than a decade for Jupiter to return to this currently glowing part of your chart.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

These planets move very slowly—Neptune takes 165 years to revolve around the Sun, and Jupiter takes 12 years to make the same journey.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It takes Saturn 29 years to revolve around the Sun and visit each house of your horoscope.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If the job involves working closely with a collaborator once you secure the position, discussions would revolve around the type of person with whom you would ideally choose to work.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Saturn comes by every 29 years to fill this house and guide you to greatness, and Pluto only comes once (if at all), as it takes 248 years for Pluto to revolve around the Sun and through your horoscope.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)